Trudeau, Wynne lambaste
Harper for skipping another first ministers’ meeting

The prime minister should meet Canada’s premiers more often so the
federal and provincial governments can work together on
everything from the economy to infrastructure, federal Liberal
leader Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

Trudeau met with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne before a
scheduled Friday gathering of premiers in Ottawa. Prime Minister
Stephen Harper is skipping the session, as is his custom.

There hasn’t been a full-blown conference of the country’s
“first ministers” since 2009.

That ought to change, Trudeau said after the meeting with
Wynne, adding that he welcomed a debate in the House of Commons
on a Liberal motion calling for such conferences every year.

We have to be able to grow and adapt

“We have to be able to grow and adapt,” Wynne agreed.
“Together as a nation, with all the leaders working together.”

Canada’s economy is facing turbulence from cheaper oil and a
dollar that’s losing value against other currencies, she said.
The provinces are starting to work together on energy and
climate-change policies, in the absence of federal action. These
problems would be easier to tackle with the federal government’s
co-operation, if not leadership.

Harper prefers to meet provincial and territorial premiers
one-on-one to avoid the inevitable pile-on the federal
government usually goes through with premiers’ meetings.

A couple of notable western conservative premiers who are
generally allies of Harper – Alberta’s Jim Prentice and
Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall – will skip the Council of the
Federation meeting Friday.

Prentice has said he’s busy working on the provincial budget,
while Wall said he’s looking to cut travel costs and will join
via teleconference.

Trudeau, facing an election this year in which he hopes to
revive Liberal party fortunes, emphasized the importance of
“co-operation and collaboration,” in contrast to Harper’s
go-it-alone style.

Though both Wynne and Trudeau are Liberals and he campaigned
with her in last spring’s provincial election, Wynne was careful
not to take too partisan a stance. All federal party leaders
should meet the provincial premiers, she said, and all would be
welcome.

With the health of our economy and the jobs of so many
Canadians at stake, why does the prime minister continue his
political petulance and refuse to even meet with the Council
of the Federation?

Harper is using Friday to unveil his government’s new
anti-terrorism bill. The prime minister is to make an
announcement at 12:30 p.m. in Richmond Hill, just north of
Toronto. He’ll be joined by Justice Minister Peter MacKay,
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and fellow Conservative
caucus members.

The Conservative government came under fire Thursday in the
House of Commons for Harper’s refusal to attend the first
ministers’ meeting.

“With the health of our economy and the jobs of so many
Canadians at stake, why does the prime minister continue his
political petulance and refuse to even meet with the Council of
the Federation?” NDP deputy leader David Christopherson asked.

Paul Calandra, the parliamentary secretary to the prime
minister, noted Harper and his ministers regularly meet with
their provincial counterparts.

Harper, alone, has held more than 300 meetings with premiers
since taking office in 2006, Calandra said.

Wynne is a primary supporter of Ontario's "Gestapo" the
unaccountable Criminal Cartel called the Children's Aid Societies of Ontario.

Every parent in Ontario, especially fathers needs to watch the movie called
"As Powerful as God" that describes in details the workings of
Ontario's Domestic Terrorists called "The Children's Aid Societies of Ontario"

It is sickening to watch how Justin Trudeau fails to make any statement
regarding
this Billion Dollar Fas.cist criminal organization and associate with
one of the strongest supporter of Gender Superiority.